Gislebertus, Last Judgement, west tympanum of Saint Lazare, Romanesque

Bayeux Tapestry, Romanesque

Bernardus Gerlduinus, Christ in Majesty, Early Romanesque

Chartes Cathedral, French Gothic

Old Testament kings and queens (jamb statues from Royal Portal on Chartres Cathedral), Early Gothic

Laon Cathedral (deep porch), French Gothic

Notre-Dame, French Gothic

Rose window and lancets (from Chartres), French Gothic

Reims Cathedral (intricate fillings), French Gothic

Hall of the cloth guild, French Gothic

Salisbury Cathedral, English Gothic

Ekkehard And Uta, Gothic

(Rotten Pieta) Virgin with the Dead Christ, Gothic

Nicholas of Verdun, Shrine of the Three Kings, Gothic

Annunciation of Visitation, jamb west facade, Gothic

Lorenzo Maitani, Orvieto Cathedral, 14th Century

Doge's Palace, 14th Century

Giotto Di Bondone, Lamentation, Frescoe (had to paint before the plaster dried so that pigments would last longer)

The return of what best demonstrates the rejection of the iconoclastic viewpoints?

The painted icon

The earliest known mosaic of explicitly Christian content depicts Christ in the guise of which familiar pagan deity?

Sol Invictus

Which building in Rome is a huge temple dedicated to all the gods, and one of the best preserved buildings of antiquity?

The Pantheon

Justinian's architects used what to transfer the weight from the great dome to the piers beneath, rather than to the walls?

pendentives

Which Colosseum could hold more than 50,000 spectators, was located beside the Colossus of Nero, and was one of Vespasian's first undertakings after becoming emperor?

The Flavian Amphitheater

The earliest illuminated book that contains illustrations of the New Testament is what?

The Rossano Gospels

Who was Rome's first bishop and also the head of the long line of popes that extends to the present?

Peter

In 324, Constantine I. founded which city on the site of the ancient city of Byzantium to serve as the new capital of the Roman Empire, and the new artistic center of the Eastern Roman Empire?

Constantinople

Until the ninth century, the Church of Sant'Apollinare in Classe housed the body of who, who had suffered his martyrdom in Classe, Ravenna's port?

Saint Apollinaris

In 325 CE, Christianity became the official religion of the Roman Empire at where?

the Council of Nicaea

The peace and prosperity Augustus brought to the Mediterranean world, and which prevailed for two centuries is known as the "Pax Romana".

True

Trajan's giant commemorative column is decorated with a continuous spiral narrative frieze depicting Trajan's two successful campaigns against the Dacians.

True

The formality of the poses of the Thessaloniki figures, as well as the ethereal golden background became prominent features of Byzantine art.

True

In Early Byzantine Period, icons were often painted on two sides because they were intended to be carried in parades.

False

Prior to Constantine, artists never depicted Christ as either the Good Shepherd or as a young teacher.

False

Beginning under Trajan and Hadrian, and especially during the rule of the Antonines, the Romans began to favor burial over cremation, leading to sudden demand for canopic jars.

False

Mosaics played an important part in Early Christian buildings, advertising the new faith in all its diverse aspects.

True

The domed church of Hagia Sophia in Constantinople is one of the supreme accomplishments of the world architecture.

True

Some of the finest early icons come from Saint Catherine's Monastery at Mount Sinai.

True

Christians in Rome buried their dead in subterranean networks of galleries and chambers called catacombs.

True

Arrange the Roman Time periods/civilizations in order. Late Empire. High Empire. Roman Republic. Early Empire

Roman Empire

Early Empire

High Empire

Late Empire

The distinctive Ottoman design of caftans of sinuous curved leaves and complex blossoms is known as what? (A Turkish term recalling an enchanted forest)

saz

Following a fire in 1194, which cathedral was rebuilt using the crypt for the foundation of the new structure?

Chartres

What artwork, which recalls the historical narratives of ancient Roman art, shows the linear patterning and flat color of the Romanesque style?

The Bayeux Tapestry

Some of the masterworks of Arabic calligraphy are found not in manuscripts, but on what?

walls

The birthplace of Gothic architecture is the choir of which church near Paris, where an innovative use of rib vaults resting on pointed arches was first introduced?

Saint-Denis

Most extraordinary of all the Sutton Hoo finds is a Cloisonne what?

purse cover

During the 11th century, what did masons, using ashlar blocks joined by mortar, develop of monumental dimensions that allowed for clerestory windows?

groin vaults

What saga recounts the funeral of the warrior lord Scyld, who was laid to rest in a ship set adrift in the North Sea overflowing with arms and armor and costly adornments?

Beowulf

Historians once referred to the thousand years (about 400-1400) between the dying Roman Empire's adoption of Christianity as its official religion and the rebirth (Renaissance) of interest in classical antiquity as what?

the Dark Ages

In 793 who were the pagan traders and pirates who set sail from Scandinavia and landed in the British Isles?

Vikings

Arrange the following in correct time periods. Early Gothic. Late Gothic. High Gothic

Early Gothic

High Gothic

Late Gothic

After the Carolingian empire fell, the ______, who controlled Austria, Germany, and Lombardy, replaced it as the next unifying force in Western Europe during the early medieval period.